Cathedral News

St Columba, born in Gartan, Co. Donegal, in the sixth century, and founder of a monastic settlement on the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland; credited with the revitalisation of monasticism in Scotland.

The Dagilėlis Boys' Choir, from Lithuania, gives a concert in the Cathedral on Sunday 26 June 2016 at 19:00. The programme includes music by Bach, Handel, Fauré, Victoria, Elgar and others. Admission is free, and the concert will last about an hour.

Julian of Norwich, fourteenth-century English recluse and visionary. She is remembered on 14 May each year.

St Bernadette Soubirous, to whom Our Lady appeared at Lourdes.

A copy of the original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help visits Galway Cathedral on Tuesday 19 April 2016, as part of a nationwide pilgrimage marking the 150th anniversary of the presentation of the icon to the Redemptorist order by Pope Pius IX in 1865.

Maynooth University String Ensemble, directed by Sébastian Petiet, is joined by sopranos Erin Dollard and Nicola Lahert for a performance of Pergolesi's wonderful Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The concert takes place in the Cathedral at 20:00 on Saturday 16 April 2016.

Mass in the Cathedral for St Patrick's Day is celebrated on Wednesday 16 March at 18:00, and on Thursday 17 March at 09:00, 11:00 (Gaeilge) and 18:00.

The week between Passion Sunday and Easter Sunday is the most sacred of the church year, and will be celebrated in solemn fashion in Galway Cathedral.

West Liberty University Singers, from West Virginia in the USA, give a concert in the Cathedral on Sunday 6 March 2016 at 20:00, where they are joined by the NUI Galway staff & student choirs and a small orchestra of wind, harp, strings & organ. The programme includes a performance of Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest and extracts from Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. Admission is free; a collection will be taken in aid of breast cancer research.

St Joseph, earthly father of Jesus, carpenter and husband of Our Lady. His feast is celebrated on 19 March.